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Chapter 679: Base 684 had an accident

Seeing Nanrong Wanqing stepping forward, Ling Chen, unable to persuade her, hurriedly followed her steps towards the laboratory. Upon reaching the laboratory door, Ling Chen stretched out his hand in front of Nanrong Wanqing and whispered, "Do you really want to go in?"

Nanrong Wanqing replied discontentedly, "Do you really not trust me?"

Ling Chen smirked bitterly to himself, now somewhat regretting it. If he had known this would happen, he should not have brought Nanrong Wanqing to the research base. This was only causing himself trouble.

Thinking it over, Ling Chen dropped his hand which had been blocking Nanrong Wanqing, voluntarily helped her open the door, and welcomed her into the laboratory.

Ling Chen had thought it through; instead of preventing Nanrong Wanqing from meeting Zhu Xiaozhu and avoiding conflict, it would be better to let them have a chance to talk and possibly resolve their grudges.

With this thought, Ling Chen entered the laboratory, ready to introduce the situation inside to Nanrong Wanqing. However, at this moment, Nanrong Wanqing stretched out her hand, clasping Ling Chen’s arm affectionately.

Ling Chen was slightly taken aback by Nanrong Wanqing’s action, and then he realized its meaning; apart from a bitter smile, he could express nothing.

"Ling..."

At that moment, Zhu Xiaozhu walked into the laboratory from the outside. Seeing Ling Chen’s back, she started to speak out of habit. However, as soon as she spoke, she saw Ling Chen and Nanrong Wanqing turn around.

When Zhu Xiaozhu’s gaze fell on Nanrong Wanqing, her facial expression changed slightly, but it only lasted a moment before she regained her usual composure, with no signs of emotional fluctuation in her calm eyes.

"So Miss Nanrong is also here," Zhu Xiaozhu said expressionlessly, her tone indiscernible.

Nanrong Wanqing gave a light smile. "Miss Zhu, long time no see."

"It has been a long time indeed. After so many years, Miss Nanrong hasn’t changed at all."

"I haven’t changed much, but Miss Zhu... I’ve heard Miss Zhu is a nationally renowned traditional Chinese medicine doctor, with superb medical skills, congratulations."

"Don’t flatter me, I’m nowhere close to Miss Nanrong. Your Hongyu Group in East Sea City is second to none, incomparable to anyone. Compared to you, my achievements are nothing."

Hearing the two of them exchanging pleasantries back and forth, Ling Chen couldn’t help but feel uneasy for some reason. Complimenting is just complimenting, but the words between these two women felt terribly awkward, more like they were insulting rather than praising each other.

Seeing that the two women seemed ready to continue, Ling Chen subtly coughed, quickly interrupting their conversation, and said with a smile, "Wanqing, Xiaozhu has work to keep busy with; let’s not disturb them."

Upon hearing Ling Chen speak, Nanrong Wanqing, who was about to continue speaking, reluctantly swallowed her words.

"Xiaozhu, you go ahead with your work, we won’t disturb you anymore." After saying this, Ling Chen, holding Nanrong Wanqing’s hand, walked straight toward the exit of the laboratory.

However, before the two reached the door, suddenly an unusual noise emanated from within the laboratory.

"What happened?"

Ling Chen quickly turned around, looking through the glass at the busy people inside the laboratory, and asked.

"There’s a malfunction."

At this moment, one of the researchers stuck his head out from the laboratory and shouted loudly towards the doorway.

Seeing the urgency, Zhu Xiaozhu hurriedly rushed over. However, just as Zhu Xiaozhu entered the laboratory, she heard a loud ’bang’ and a white smoke crazily burst out, instantly spreading and enveloping the entire transparent laboratory. noveldrama

Seeing Zhu Xiaozhu and other researchers engulfed in white smoke, unable to see anyone, Ling Chen became anxious. Without saying much, he quickly pushed Nanrong Wanqing outside the door, then locked the door and rushed into Zhu Xiaozhu’s laboratory.

Upon entering the laboratory, a pungent smell hit him, and Ling Chen held his breath, shouting loudly, hoping to attract the attention of others with his voice.

"Mr. Ling, I’m here."

Hearing everyone calling out one by one, reporting their locations, Ling Chen immediately rushed over and safely led them out of the laboratory.

One... two... Ling Chen counted the researchers rescued, his eyebrows immediately furrowing.

All the laboratory researchers except for Zhu Xiaozhu were here.

Xiaozhu... Ling Chen turned his head to look at the laboratory engulfed in white smoke and rushed in again, calling Zhu Xiaozhu’s name loudly. But Zhu Xiaozhu did not respond.

Ling Chen persistently called out, searching for Zhu Xiaozhu in the laboratory. However, due to the heavy white smoke, the visibility was extremely low, almost impossible to see half a meter ahead.

Moreover, the white smoke was getting denser and completely uncontrolled. In less than a few minutes, nothing could be seen in the laboratory except the smoke.

At this moment, Kaelina and Hu Fei, having heard the news, rushed to the outside of the laboratory.

"What are you guys standing around for, hurry up and go help," Hu Fei shouted to his subordinates.

"Forget it, let them come back," Kaelina said, "The situation inside is complicated, it’s better if I go in."

Watching Kaelina disappear into the thick white smoke, Hu Fei turned to the few researchers and asked, "What happened in the laboratory?"

"Um..." The researchers looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

Seeing this, Hu Fei impatiently said: "So many people, and no one knows anything? At least tell me the reason, so I know how to handle it."

"Mr. Hu, we were just conducting a body examination for Miss Xia, but I don’t know why, the testing equipment malfunctioned and went completely out of control, leading to a system crash. Besides that equipment, other devices were also damaged to varying degrees."

After listening to a researcher’s explanation, Hu Fei pointed to the white smoke filling the lab and asked, "And what is that?"

"That’s an aerosolized anesthetic, specifically used to anesthetize the subjects. The amount of anesthetic isn’t very high, being in there for a short time won’t affect anyone, but with the continuous spray out of the aerosolized anesthetic, the concentration will only get higher, and the effect on the body will become significant. Mr. Ling and Miss Zhu are still inside, according to the current situation, if they can’t get out in a minute, they are likely to be affected by the anesthetic and pass out completely."

Hearing this, Hu Fei immediately summoned a subordinate and gave him a few orders.

After the subordinate left, Hu Fei suddenly remembered something and asked, "You mentioned earlier, before the accident happened, you were examining Miss Xia’s body?"

"Yes."

"So... is she still inside the laboratory?"

"That’s right. She is restrained on the bed, there should be no problem. Besides, since the concentration of the aerosolized anesthetic is getting higher in the laboratory, there’s no way she could wake up."